8-letter words containing l, e, n, a
- gelatine — a nearly transparent, faintly yellow, odorless, and almost tasteless glutinous substance obtained by boiling in water the ligaments, bones, skin, etc., of animals, and forming the basis of jellies, glues, and the like.
- gelatins — Plural form of gelatin.
- gelation — the process of gelling.
- generall — Archaic spelling of general.
- generals — Plural form of general.
- genially — characterized by genius.
- genitals — Synonym of genitalia.
- geranial — a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
- geraniol — a colorless or pale-yellow terpene alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, with a geraniumlike odor, found in rose oil, soluble in alcohol and ether, insoluble in water: used in perfumes and flavors.
- germinal — being in the earliest stage of development: germinal ideas.
- glackens — William James, 1870–1938, U.S. painter and illustrator.
- gladdens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gladden.
- gladness — feeling joy or pleasure; delighted; pleased: glad about the good news; glad that you are here.
- glanders — a contagious disease chiefly of horses and mules but communicable to humans, caused by the bacterium Pseudomonas mallei and characterized by swellings beneath the jaw and a profuse mucous discharge from the nostrils.
- glandule — (anatomy) A small gland or secreting vessel.
- glargine — (medicine) A form of slow-release insulin.
- glassine — a strong, thin, glazed, semitransparent paper, often made into small bags, used for packaging foods, for book jackets, etc.
- gleaming — a flash or beam of light: the gleam of a lantern in the dark.
- gleaning — the act of a person who gleans.
- glendale — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- glendora — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- gloveman — fielder.
- gnawable — Capable of being gnawed.
- gonzales — Richard Alonzo ("Pancho") 1928–1995, U.S. tennis player.
- gonzález — Julio (ˈxuljo). 1876–1942, Spanish sculptor: one of the first to create abstract geometric forms with soldered iron
- granules — Plural form of granule.
- grapnels — Plural form of grapnel.
- gunlayer — a person who aims a ship's gun
- gunmetal — any of various alloys or metallic substances with a dark gray or blackish color or finish, used for chains, belt buckles, etc.
- gunwales — Plural form of gunwale.
- gunwhale — Misspelling of gunwale.
- habenula — a narrow bandlike structure, as the stalk attaching the pineal gland to the thalamus.
- hairline — a very slender line.
- halazone — a white crystalline powder, C 7 H 5 Cl 2 NO 4 S, having a strong chlorinelike odor, used to disinfect water.
- halcyone — a third-magnitude star in the constellation Taurus: brightest star in the Pleiades.
- haleness — free from disease or infirmity; robust; vigorous: hale and hearty men in the prime of life.
- half one — 30 minutes after one o'clock, two o'clock, three o'clock, etc
- halfness — The quality of being half; incompleteness.
- halftone — Also called middle-tone. (in painting, drawing, graphics, photography, etc.) a value intermediate between light and dark.
- halogens — Plural form of halogen.
- handbell — a small handheld bell, especially as part of a tuned set having different notes or pitches and played by a group.
- handedly — (nonstandard) Easily; with ease.
- handheld — held in the hand or hands: a handheld torch.
- handlers — Plural form of handler.
- handless — without a hand or hands.
- handlike — Resembling a hand.
- handsels — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of handsel.
- hangable — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- hardline — an uncompromising or unyielding stand, especially in politics.
- hartline — Haldan Keffer [hawl-duh n kef-er] /ˈhɔl dən ˈkɛf ər/ (Show IPA), 1903–83, U.S. physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1967.